Startup Grants & Funding for Agriculture & Allied Startups

An initiative by IIMA Ventures to co-build disruptive ventures alongside exceptional entrepreneurs, offering resources, networks, and investment opportunities.

Below-market soft loans from ₹10 lakh for MSMEs in manufacturing and services

Subordinate debt with 90% CGTMSE guarantee for stressed/NPA-classified MSMEs

Below-market NABARD loans for dairy cooperatives and producer companies for processing infrastructure

Unemployed people in urban and rural Gujarat, including disabled and blind persons, can get financial support to start a self-employment venture.

PIPDIC and MNRE offer financial assistance and an ₹80,000 subsidy for residents, companies, and societies in Puducherry to purchase battery-operated vehicles.

Fish farmers in Madhya Pradesh can get short-term working capital loans at zero percent interest through cooperative banks, under the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) facility.

This scheme provides short-term working capital loans at subsidized interest rates to livestock farmers and dairy producers in Madhya Pradesh through the Kisan Credit Card system.

Tamil Nadu farmers can get a tractor loan covering up to 90% of the cost, at interest rates of 11% to 12.25%.

Assam Government support for small traders, farmers and artisans in rural Assam: aid for market infrastructure, working capital credit, skill training and market linkages.

A loan of up to ₹33,000 per acre for Tamil Nadu farmers to set up or expand tea plantations, at 11% to 12.5% interest.

Farmers in Tamil Nadu can get a loan covering up to 90% of the cost of a power tiller, at interest rates of 11% to 12.25%.

Subsidised loans at 6% interest, a 40% subsidy up to ₹5,00,000 and entrepreneurship training for ST, SC, Minority, Backward Class and disabled applicants in Jharkhand.

A credit-linked scheme by the Government of Meghalaya offering up to 75% financial assistance on project cost for entrepreneurs and collectives to establish sericulture and weaving units.

A loan scheme by the Government of Madhya Pradesh providing low-cost equipment and working capital to poor-class migrant workers and small traders in rural areas for new or existing businesses.

PIPDIC, Puducherry offers a loan scheme for qualified professionals and industrial units to purchase new four-wheel vehicles for their own use, with attractive interest concessions.

Term loan from ₹2.5 crore from PIPDIC for setting up cold storage in Puducherry, repayable over 8 years with a 2-year moratorium.

This scheme under DAY-NULM empowers urban poor women in Uttarakhand through Self-Help Groups by providing financial incentives, bank loans, and subsidies for income-generating activities.

Refinance scheme by PIPDIC, Puducherry, giving loans to existing Small Scale Industrial (SSI) units to cover the cost of ISO 9000 certification.

Unemployed Scheduled Caste residents of Gujarat can get loans at 1-5% interest to start self-employment ventures, under the NSFDC direct finance scheme run through GSCDC.

Maharashtra government offers enhanced credit guarantee coverage up to 85% for Micro & Small Enterprises, including women and SC/ST entrepreneurs, to facilitate easier access to debt.

A non-dilutive matching grant for Deep Tech startups in Uttar Pradesh, covering up to 40% of R&D expenditure, repayable as a revenue royalty.